Unions, Renova Energy, Family Money Try to Influence IID Board Election Via Campaign Cash

Changes are coming to the powerful Imperial Irrigation District.

The dust is still settling on the 2020 election, with some votes still to be counted, but after one incumbent on the board of directors fell in the primary, a second is losing in the general. The board likely will see two new directors seated, reshaping the direction of an agency that delivers both water and electricity to a wide swathe of Southern California.